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planning difficulty, normandy and brittany

I have read through these forums and through two guide books, but am still having trouble settling on an itinerary for normandy and brittany (4 adults) early september. We have 8 full days. I cannot get a handle on where to base ourselves so we are not moving hotels too often nor driving too much each day. We like full/busy itineraries. Our plan is to do the following:

arrive paris, drive that day to giverny
after that, divide our time beween:
roeun /honfleur /etrelat /bayeaux/ d day beaches/ mont st michel/ dinan- (would like to do some walking or biking here too)/ possibly st malo/
1 day cheese and cider touring

it looks like it makes sense to spend at least 2 nights in bayeux
how should i apportion the other nights/days??

Day 1: Drive to Giverny, proceed to Rouen. Overnight in Rouen.
Day 2: Drive to Etretat, then to Honfleur. Overnight in Honfleur.
Day 3: Stay in Honfleur, see the town, maybe explore the coast (Deauville).
Day 4: Drive to Arromanches, D-Day beaches. In the afternoon, tapestry of Bayeux. Drive to Cancale. Overnight in Cancale.
Day 5: From Cancale, visit Mont St. Michel, St. Malo, Dinard, Cap Frehel. Fantastic beaches, maybe the best one in Erquy. Spend the rest of your time in the area.

Nothing wrong with the above itinerary. I'll give you mine, which has only two bases.

Day 1: Drive to Giverny. Then go to Rouen. Head to Honfleur and overnight.

Now use Honfleur as your base for Etretat, Pays d'Auge (cider and cheese country), Deauville/Trouville and Bayeux/D-Day sites (Bayeux is a 1-1/4 hour drive from Honfleur). If you want to be closer to D-Day sites then go to Bayeux or somewhere nearby and spend a night.

For your Brittany portion my preference would be to stay in Dinan or Saint-Malo.

Use www.viamichelin.com for driving times and distances and many other things. The drive times don't include stops.

Have you tried laying what you want to see out against a calendar? For example, traveller1959's and FrenchMystiqueTours suggestions could work very well, although they would not have given me sufficient time for my priorities in Rouen.